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Art Text Resource List:

Below 10
th
Grade Level:
Paint and Painting by Scholastic Voyagers of Discovery
Come Look With Me by Gladys S. Blizzard
Buildings in Disguise by Joan Marie Arbogast
Leonardo DaVinci by Diane Stanley

At 10
th
Grade Level:
How to Visit A Museum by Finn
Balance and Unity by Horn
Step-By-Step Ceramics by Jolyon Hofsted
Art for Young America by Nicholas Trilling

Above 10
th
Grade Level:
The Museum Experience; The Discovery of Meaning by Carole Henry
Negro Art by Dmitry Olderogge
Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics by Paul Mathiel
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches by Weir & Jerman


The materials I used are all library books. Hypothetically speaking, the books
below and on the reading level would be readily available to these children. I was
actually quite surprised at the results of the Cloze procedure on my initial text; I
mistakenly made the assumption that it was a lower level. However, I believe that it
would be feasible to break down the information and make it understandable for a
reader on a lower level. For my particular text; Making Paper & Fabric Rubbings
which is on a 10
th
grade reading level, there are a plethora of approaches that could
be taken to make it more susceptible to students who are below, on, and above the
10
th
grade level. For instance, if I was trying to use this text with a student who is
below the 10
th
grade reading level, I might have them look at the images of a
particular section and write (in complete sentences) what they believe is happening.
I would want them to create a narrative from the images telling me what they
believe is happening. After they have written out their story, I would encourage
them to read the section and use the information they gathered from the images to
help understand the text. If they come across difficult words they do not understand,
I would instruct them to write those words down and I would try to help them come
to a definition that makes the most sense to them in particular. The student that is
on the reading level, I might have them read an instructional section, then attempt
to follow those instructions on their own. With some supervision and a lot of
encouragement, I want the student to read the instructional text then carry out the
instructions simply from reading. I think it would be a good introductory challenge
to have them read the section with no previous knowledge and see how they
problem solve to recreate the instructions. Now, the student above a 10
th
grade
reading level may be a little tricky. The biggest goal, I believe, would be to challenge
the student who is advanced beyond the information. One example of something I
may try is having the student read one of the historical sections in the text. Then, I
would have them choose a particular foreign country of their choice. After they
choose the country, I would have them imagine that they can travel there but just
for one day. Their goal is to get one rubbing from any historical monument in that
particular country. Not only would they have to research a country and find a
particular location; but also they would be instructed to do research on that location
The research would include; who created the carvings, what historical relevance
they have with that specific location, and what historical relevance they have with
the country. Depending on how advanced the student is, I may have them research
the cultural significance of the carvings and even research other locations where
that artist made carvings, or where there were similar carvings. If a student has
trouble reading and comprehending the text, I may ask them verbally to describe
some of the main points we have discussed in class. Another way is to have them
execute the physical rubbing and while they work ask if they are doing one thing
versus another. For example Is the surface you are rubbing incised or flush? if they
could tell me that the surface is incised then I may ask how they know this, if they
tell me that it is textured or rough instead of smooth, then I know they understand
(for our purposes) incised means textured.

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